Ivor Horton's Beginning Visual C++ 2012

INTRODUCTION

WELCOME TO Ivor Horton’s Beginning Visual C++ 2012. With this book, you can become an effective C++ programmer using Microsoft’s latest application-development system, Visual Studio 2012. I aim to teach you the C++ programming language, and then how to apply C++ in the development of your own Windows applications. Along the way, you will also learn about many of the exciting new capabilities introduced by this latest version of Visual C++.

Visual C++ 2012 comes as part of any of the editions of the Microsoft development environment Visual Studio 2012. When I refer to Visual C++ in the rest of the book, I mean the Visual C++ 2012 capability that comes as part of Visual Studio 2012.

WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR

This book is for anyone who wants to learn how to write C++ applications for the Microsoft Windows operating system using Visual C++. I make no assumptions about prior knowledge of any particular programming language, so there are no prerequisites other than some aptitude for programming and sufficient enthusiasm and commitment for learning to program in C++ to make it through this book. This tutorial is for you if:

• You are a newcomer to programming and sufficiently keen to jump into the deep end with C++. To be successful, you need to have at least a rough idea of how your computer works, and it will be helpful if you understand the way in which the memory is organized and how data and instructions are stored.
• You have a little experience of programming in some other ...